Nepal Flirts With Dowry
By Hari Bansh Jha Apart from her beauty, a nepalese girl in the Terai region needs a fat dowry to […]
Nine Questions
Back in the spring of 1990, a group of teenagers from the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago, Lemont, sent a
The Price Brides Pay
By Choodie Shivaram In return for outstanding service to her local community, Meena was gifted a piece of property near
Bringing Stone to Life
Following his profitable conquest of Karnataka, Kerala and northern Sri Lanka, the Tamil King Rajaraja Chola found himself with a
What’s In a Name?
By Mukund Venugopalan Venugopalan. Mukund Venugopalan.” It is not as dramatic as “Bond, James Bond,” but it is my name.
Letters
Bangladesh Genocide I was deeply moved by Ishani Chowdhury’s article “A Bleak Future for Bangladesh Hindus” [Feb, 2000]. The genocide
The Power of Pose
By Neeta Dave I met Dr. Menaka Thakkar after a 20-year lapse and expected to see an East Indian lady